Richard Chandler Wortham
Born: August 2, 1841
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Father: Edwin Wortham 1811 – 1885
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Mother: Frances Hopkins 1820 – 1844
(Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Wife: Sallie Lewis Staples 1844 – 1899
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
Annie Guy Wortham Talley 1868 – 1940
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Sallie McGruder Wortham 1868 – 1971
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Richard Chandler Wortham Jr. 1871 – 1949
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Ellen Gordon Wortham 1880 – 1959
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
R. Lewis Wortham 1882 – 1888
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Private, 1st Company Richmond Howitzers
1862 – 1863: Sgt detailed to Ordnance Duty in Confederate Army
1863: Lt. and Ordnance Officer to report to Lt. General Longstreet.
1863 – 1865: Lt. and Ordnance Officer in the Confederate Army
1865: Paroled by the Union Army at Appomattox, Virginia
Occupation after War:
Captain of the Richmond, Virginia Howitzers
Grocer in Richmond, Virginia
Died: December 28, 1895
Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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